High severity · published Mar 7, 2024
CVE-2024-1299
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 16.8 prior to 16.8.4 and 16.9 prior to 16.9.2
8.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 16.8 prior to 16.8.4 and 16.9 prior to 16.9.2. It was possible for a user with custom role of `manage_group_access_tokens` to rotate group access tokens with owner privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
16.8.0 before 16.8.4; 16.8.0 before 16.8.4; 16.9.0 before 16.9.2; 16.9.0 before 16.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1299
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1299
Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/03/06/security-release-gitlab-16-9-2-released/
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/440745
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/2356976
More from GitLab
10.0
CVE-2026-85706
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
10.0
CVE-2021-22205
GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2023-7028
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab
9.8
CVE-2021-22175
GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
7.5
CVE-2021-39935
GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability